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Blog Comment David, I was thinking of a neat utility called MySQL Workbench which I find handy for designing and normalising databases. I haven't run (L/W)AMP on a local machine for a while but will probably...
I will blog, despite Vista's best efforts
Blog I was going to blog this evening but Vista, as I shall relate below, had other ideas. Still, I found it an illuminating example that captures much of what is wrong with Microsoft as an operating...
No more smoke and mirrors
Talkback You get the feeling that information security will be on the forefront of many business plans for 2008. I can see DRM and document security becoming more and more popular soon. As much as it is a...
Ofcom revises Openreach rules
News The telecoms regulator introduces extra 'incentives' to make sure BT's broadband access division provides better service to its ISP customers
Fight the temptation
Talkback That looks so cool inside. I have one sitting next to me at the moment still in its box but i am determined not to listen to the voices telling me to open it up. I may be persuaded however if...
Intel servers and Chinese hackers
Blog 18 months ago, Intel dropped off an SS4000-E NAS box for me to look at. It was a desirable little box on the surface – Linux-based, four drive bays, dual gigabit Ethernet ports – and I lost no time...
Novell aims SLES 11 at Sun and Red Hat
News The Suse owner claims that migrations from Unix are still a massive opportunity for growing its Linux business
Why Novell is happy with Hyper-V
Blog Microsoft's Hyper-V virtualisation technology is becoming less virtual by the moment - in the sense that its delivery is approaching. But as it comes into focus, its Linux support is coming in for...
Botnets
Talkback Are we not wasting our time by trying to fight software with software? Hackers are using our very own computers against us in much the same manor as the 9/11 terrorists. We can not eliminate the...
Symantec, Windows users beset by Vista SP1 flaws
News The security vendor says updates for drivers invalidated by the service pack are not yet available, while some Vista customers are suffering severe problems after downloading SP1
An opportunity for linux
Talkback I agree, you can't on the one hand hail the Eee as a success and then turn around and say people have had a hard time adopting to a linux system.. Until Microsoft comes up with a distraction, this...
Apple launches Safari for Windows
News Cupertino launches the first version of its web browser designed to run on Microsoft's operating system
Perens campaigns to protect open source
News The Open Source Initiative's founder is standing for election to the movement's board in a bid to tackle 'over-representation of vendors'
Google Docs gets Gadgets
News The company has added sophisticated visuals to Spreadsheets through Gadgets, offering developers a new way to distribute data and develop apps
Phisers use the web
Talkback Phishers are not stupid and although there is no way for them to know a bank has started using this technique it wouldn't take them too long to figure it out either by reading posts like this or...
How would they know
Talkback I agree that they can indeed upload the images to the same host as the base page and that this would defeat the measures. It would also make the phishing code load on the host server that much...
RE:Vista SP1 - No Go for Me at the Moment
Blog Comment Hi Matt, Did I understand that you want to run MySQL server on your laptop? If so I highly recommend VertrogoServ - it installs an Apache Server with PHP and MySQL support. Easy setup, works well...
Google Gadgets test
Blog Bear with me. I've been looking this morning into the new gadgets and associated functionality available with Google Docs. The more I look at this stuff, the more revolutionary I think it is, and...
Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) confusion
Blog I'm seeing a lot of posts on various forums and blogs with people complaining that SP1 although released has not shown up on their windows update. Many are pointing to driver compatibility...
Privacy issues online
Talkback What i find interesting about privacy laws online and specifically how the media seem to pick on google in this specific area is that the public have been giving this information up way before way...
RE:Vista SP1 - No Go for Me at the Moment
Blog Comment I plan to update my laptop Vista installation as soon as I get a chance, and then reassess it versus Ubuntu, which does almost everything I need on my Asus V1S laptop except three things: Recognise...
Lenovo ThinkPad X300
Review The ThinkPad X300 breaks new ground by packing a broad display, a full-size keyboard and nearly every feature a mobile user needs into a sleek, lightweight case.
Open-source efforts derailed by 'loud minority'
News An open-source advocacy group says a minority within the community is hampering efforts to increase adoption by making personal attacks on CIOs
Gartner: Don't blame IT for dirty data
News The analyst firm says businesses should take more responsibility for the quality of data instead of laying the blame at the IT department's door
IT chiefs need more incentive to go green
News Datacentre managers would be more inclined to improve efficiency if they had responsibility for the power costs, says analyst
Public gets more savvy about data security
News An ICO survey has found people are taking more care with their personal information, suggesting the recent spate of high-profile data breaches has had an impact
